Noah Webster is best known for writing the first American dictionary but is also very active in helping to unify the country.  After the Revolutionary War was over, he thought having consistent spelling and understanding of words was one way to strengthen America.  While teaching, he began writing the “blue-backed speller” for his students and the country.  He continued to write more books for school children and a DIC-TION-AR-Y [noun: a book listing words in ABC order, telling what they mean and how to spell them] of “American” words.  The watercolor and ink illustrations are humorous and portray Webster as an ambitious man who loved words and his country.  This fun and informative book would make a great addition to school and classroom libraries.